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  Put in Order
Frequency adverbs: position
Focus Grammar
Description Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
Instructions Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.
 
Items
listen / can / never / They
 
never / You / can / your car keys / find
 
usually / once a month / to the hairdresser's / go / I
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
usually / some help with the homework / They / need
 
to the dentist / usually / I / once a year / go
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
feel tired? / you / Do / often
 
I / at 8 a.m. / always / get up
 
We / every other day / have / soup
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
She / very often / in blue / dresses
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
rarely / She / listens / when you talk to her
 
every day / Do / go / ? / to the gym / you
 
have lunch / at home? / Do / usually / you
 
help you / if you need it / rarely / Tom / will
 
is / She / always / asking me questions
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
I / in green? / dress / Can / always
 
My parents / almost never / go on holiday
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
pizza / eats / Mike / often / for dinner
 
often / do / go / to the disco? / you / How
 
very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / am / in the mornings. / usually
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
always / Kevin / Does / win / ?
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
to help me / come / My parents / very often
 
some petrol / need / every other day. / I travel a lot. I
 
shopping / day in, day out / have to go / I
 
oranges / eat / hardly ever / I
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
is / often / John / late
 
breaks down / several times a year / My car
 
go / to the gym / I / three times a week
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
phoned / Yesterday, / me / she / twice
 
I / saw / it / five times
 
I / never / know / what to say
 
Total number of items: 30
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS

These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)

ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%)      = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%)      = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)

Word order:

One-word adverbs

Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach

Two words or more

At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)

How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4

These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week